Michkov dazzles once more and a bubble ahead has sturdy recreation in OT preseason win

Michkov dazzles again and a bubble forward has strong game in OT preseason win initially appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

Because of a Matvei Michkov additional time winner, the Flyers picked up a 3-2 choice Saturday night time over the Bruins in preseason motion on the Wells Fargo Middle.

It was Michkov’s second objective of the sport. Rasmus Ristolainen scored the Flyers’ different marker, whereas Travis Konecny and Olle Lycksell had two-point video games.

Assistant coaches Brad Shaw, Rocky Thompson and Darryl Williams and abilities coach Angelo Ricci led the Flyers’ bench for a second straight recreation. John Tortorella watched from upstairs with president of hockey operations Keith Jones and normal supervisor Danny Briere.

Michkov, Oliver Bonk and Jett Luchanko, the Flyers’ three first-rounders over the past two drafts, had been all within the lineup.

The Flyers are 3-1-0 within the preseason and have three video games to go.

• After showing the full repertoire Thursday in his first recreation motion on the Wells Fargo Middle, Michkov adopted it up along with his OT winner and an influence play objective on the doorstep. Because the Flyers have famous, he isn’t afraid to go to the exhausting areas and rating those that are not as fairly.

The 19-year-old winger performed on his off wing alongside Sean Couturier and Konecny. The membership’s energy play went 1 for 7 however Michkov has made it look extra harmful not less than.

The Flyers have beloved his daring stye of playmaking. They’re going to work with him on the stuff away from the puck.

“Are we going to beat him over the pinnacle with it? No, as a result of we’re ravenous for the kind of performs that he could make, the instinctive performs that he could make,” Tortorella stated Friday. “I don’t need to overload him. We’re definitely going to show him alongside the best way, particularly situational play. … We’re not going to attempt to stifle him in any manner so far as his creativity.”

By way of three exhibition video games, Michkov has three objectives, three assists and a plus-4 mark. He additionally scored a objective in his one rookie game a little over two weeks ago at PPL Center.

• Within the first interval, Michkov noticed Couturuer come to his protection. The younger Russian was being antagonized by Billy Sweezey, so the Flyers’ captain swooped in and dropped the gloves with the Bruins’ defenseman.

Great things from Couturier to set a precedent there.

The subsequent interval, Hunter McDonald then had Michkov’s again in a scrum across the internet.

• Lycksell was superb. He collected two main assists and was the Flyers’ most lively ahead offensively.

The 25-year-old is vying to open the season with the large membership as a depth ahead and helped his trigger Saturday night time.

• Luchanko was again with Joel Farabee and Bobby Brink, a line that looked awfully good in the Flyers’ preseason opener.

The 2024 first-round middle went scoreless and has had a little bit of a drop-off offensively. However he has skated loads for the reason that begin of rookie camp, simply turned 18 years previous final month and the Flyers are excessive on his future.

“There’s upside in nearly each component of his recreation,” Shaw stated Saturday after morning skate. “He is an thrilling man, at his age, for what he has finished right here the final couple of weeks. He has opened lots of people’s eyes and he has confirmed that he will be a formidable participant at each ends of the rink for so long as he performs.

“He will be an ideal penalty killer as a result of he can skate. His instincts are off the charts, he is solely going to get stronger, he is solely going to get smarter. That mixture, that is a fairly engaging factor to consider two, three years down the street.”

• Ivan Fedotov made his second preseason look and performed his first full recreation, stopping 25 of 27 pictures.

On Boston’s game-opening first-period objective, Jamie Drysdale had a turnover that stored the Bruins within the offensive zone. Hampus Lindholm then fired residence a shot from distance which will have deflected off of Drysdale’s stick.

Boston regained its lead at 2-1 within the second interval with a shorthanded breakaway snipe.

Fedotov, the Flyers’ projected backup, has made 35 saves on 37 pictures by way of 5 exhibition durations.

Extra: Kolosov in the house; Flyers place three players on waivers

• A few notes on two of the Flyers’ youthful defensemen:

McDonald did some good issues to interrupt up performs and was his bodily self.

Bonk positively sees the sport at a excessive degree. He made a handful of refined however efficient reads on the puck within the offensive zone.

• The Flyers are scheduled to be off Sunday earlier than resuming camp and the preseason slate Monday.

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